Merimbula-Pambula Bulldogs
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Merimbula-Pambula Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Bulldogs |
| Colours | Blue White |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Exited | 1954 |
| Readmitted | 1966 |
| Website | http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=0-2395-21979-0-0 https://m.facebook.com/MPBfootballclub/ |
| details | |
| Ground(s) | |
| Competition | Group 16 Rugby League |
| 2018 | 4th |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 7 (1927, 1936 (P), 1937 (POB), 1938 (M), 1968, 1980, 1993) |
| Runners-up | 7 (1929 (P), 1932 (M), 1933 (P), 1934 (P), 1938 (P), 1940 (M), 1987) |
| Minor premierships | 1 (1933 (P)) |
Merimbula-Pambula Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in New South Wales formed in 1924. They conduct teams for both Juniors & Seniors competitions. They participate in the Group 16 Rugby League competition in the south-east corner of New South Wales.
The combined team of Pambula-Merimbula won the Far South Coast competition in 1927. During the 1930s, the two towns competed separately.
In the bunny seasons following World War II, Pambula participated in First and or Reserve Grade competitions, but Merimbula only fielded a team in 1953. Between 1955 and 1965 neither town entered Group 16, apart from Pambula in 1962. Pambula was revived in 1966 and won a premiership in 1968. The club missed the 2012 and 1974 seasons, before entering as Merimbula from 1975.
Notable Juniors
[edit]- Euan Aitken
- Wayne Collins
- Rhys Schafer - Albion park, Wollongong touch association
History
[edit]Rugby Union was played by Pambula as early as 1912, with a team challenging the Bega Blues for the Rodd & Chegg Cup in a July encounter.[1] In 1924, a Pambula team challenged Bega for the Hull Cup.[2] In 1925, Pambula entered a Rugby League competition with five other teams: Candelo, Eden, Wyndham and two from Bega.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Football". The Bega Budget. Bega: National Library of Australia. 24 July 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Football". Bega District News. Bega: State Library of NSW - Microfilm RAV 357. 30 June 1924.
- ^ "Local and General". Southern Record and Advertiser. Candelo: National Library of Australia. 6 June 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2018.